JPH07319931A - Method for printing nameplate - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate the necessity of peculiar technique at the time of preparing nameplate by setting up and framing the contents of printing in a nameplate on a screen in each item, writing and registering the contents in each article name by the use of prescribed character font and drawing and accessing the registered contents. CONSTITUTION:When basic data such as the sort name of a nameplate and the number of items are inputted from a keyboard 2, an operation processing part 3 prepares a reference master file A and a drawing master file B based upon the sort name and reference data of each sort independent of an article number are set up and registered in respective files A, B. Then, graphic data or the like which can not be prepared by the character font in the nameplate are prepared and registered. A layout graphic of the nameplate with prescribed size based upon basic data corresponding to the sort name is displayed on the screen of a display 1 and data peculiar to each article number are written in the frame of each item name. Consequently, work such as the preparation and registration of nameplate design can be executed on the screen, peculiar technique to be used for the preparation of a nameplate can be made unnecessary and work from the preparation of nameplate design up to its issue can easily be executed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a nameplate printing method for printing nameplates.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in designing a new nameplate, a method has been adopted in which a desired character, a group of characters, or a design is directly set on a trace paper each time. Therefore, as the design, the entire layout is unknown at the time of drawing, and only a person having the peculiar technique required a great deal of time to create the design of the nameplate.

[0003]

As described above, the conventional method is a method of drawing a character, a group of characters, a pattern, etc. on a trace paper, and a method of storing and calling them is not required. There was a problem that required. The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a nameplate printing method which eliminates the need for a unique technique for making a nameplate.

An object of the invention of claim 2 is to provide a nameplate printing method capable of printing a desired number of nameplates at any time and in an arbitrary number of sheets. Claim 3
An object of the present invention is to provide a nameplate printing method capable of writing a unique character before the start of printing.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the invention of claim 1, the content to be printed is set item by item in a nameplate of a predetermined size projected on the screen of the display and the frame is framed. The process of performing the process, the process of completing the design of the nameplate by writing the print content using the separately created character font and drawing, and the process of registering the completed design data for each product number. The feature is that the created design data is called when the nameplate is printed.

According to a second aspect of the invention, in the first aspect of the invention, in the printing process, the design data of the nameplate to be printed is called from the registration data by designating the product number, and printing is performed by printing the designated number of nameplates. It is characterized by comprising an execution process. The invention of claim 3 is characterized in that, in the invention of claim 2, there is provided a step of writing a unique character in an unspecified frame in the design data called in the printing step.

[0007]

According to the invention of claim 1, the process of setting the contents to be printed on a nameplate of a predetermined size projected on the screen of the display for each item and framing, and the characters created separately Creating and registering the nameplate design on the screen of the display, as it consists of the process of completing the design of the nameplate by writing the print contents using fonts and drawings and the process of registering the data of the completed design for each product number. Since it is not necessary to individually design on trace paper, it is possible to eliminate the unique technology required for nameplate creation, anyone can easily make a nameplate design and issue a nameplate. Is unnecessary.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, it is possible to print an arbitrary number of desired nameplates at any time. Therefore, management work of delivery, storage, inventory, and delivery of nameplates is unnecessary, and inventory is unnecessary. It is possible to eliminate troubles with delivery and delivery. According to the invention of claim 3, there is a step of writing a unique character in an undesignated frame in the design data in the printing process, so that the printing contents to be printed can be finally changed.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a system configuration diagram of an embodiment adopting the method of the present invention. A computer system is used as a whole, and a display 1, a keyboard 2, an arithmetic processing unit 3, an external storage device, and external printing are provided. The device 4 and the arithmetic processing unit 3 preliminarily store the nameplate design registration program P.
₁ , font registration program P ₂ , printing program P ₃
By having each of them and executing each, it functions as a printing system.

As the external storage device, a storage device such as a hard disk or a floppy disk is used, and a basic master file A, a drawing master file B and a font data file C are constructed respectively. Thus, the nameplate design registration program P
_{When 1} is executed, the arithmetic processing unit 3 performs the processes of the following steps. In other words, the process is the process of allocating basic files and drawing files. In this process, the model name of the nameplate to be created and used is input from the keyboard 2, and the number of product numbers to be registered corresponding to the model name, the number of drawings, and items. When the basic data such as the number is input, the arithmetic processing unit 3 determines the file size of the basic master and the drawing master, secures the file area on the external storage device (for example, hard disk), and the basic master based on the product type name. A file A and a drawing master file B are created.

After these files A and B are created, there is a process of registering the basic file and the drawing file. In this process, the basic master file A and the drawing master file B are not affected by the product number. Basic data (nameplate size, item name, character size, detailed character information, item layout, etc.) can be set, and the arithmetic processing unit 3 registers these setting data in the files A and B.

Here, in creating a basic layout drawing, an image of a blank nameplate and arbitrary scales are drawn on the screen of the display 1 to set a frame or the like by using the keyboard 2 or the mouse. It can be operated and done on the screen. Now, after the basic data registration, there is a drawing registration process of creating and registering drawing data and the like that cannot be created with the character font in the nameplate.

In this process, graphic data can be drawn and created as an image on the screen of the display 1 according to the drawing creation program, and the created image data of the drawing can be registered by numbering it in the drawing master file B. In the next step, the data of the type registered in the basic master file A and the drawing master file B is called, the design is designed and the data is registered for each product number.

That is, in this process, the layout diagram of the nameplate of a predetermined size (see FIG. 2) based on the basic data according to the product type name is displayed on the screen of the display 1, and the data unique to the product number is written in the frame of each item name. . That is, in the case of FIG. 2, frames 11 _{1 to} 11 ₈ are set, and, for example, a company name frame, a product name frame, a product number frame, a model number frame, a mounting hole frame, a company name frame, a country name frame, and a lot. As a No frame, individual data for each product number is written in a predetermined frame. In this case, since characters are written in each frame 11 _{1 to} 11 ₈ , the corresponding item contents in each frame and the character font and size used for them are specified. Since a thick line is drawn in the empty frame between the frames 11 ₃ and 11 ₄ and the empty frame between the frames 11 ₇ and 11 ₈ , the drawing number corresponding to this line is designated. In this way, the nameplate design is completed for each product number on the screen of the display 1 as shown in FIGS. The individual data of the completed design is registered in each of the files A to C for each product number.

The character font used here can be created and registered in the font registration process by executing the font registration program P ₂ . That is, in the process, for example, a process of displaying a grid corresponding to a predetermined number of dots on the screen of the display 1 and filling the grid by operating the keyboard 2 to complete a character font and register it together with a character code and the like. It can be performed. In the embodiment, for example, it is possible to freely create any size in the range of 5 to 30 dots vertically 7 to 30 dots horizontally (0.13 mm / dot). By creating and registering this character font, Later layout changes,
The font can be changed easily.

FIGS. 4A to 4F show examples of character fonts created and registered. By the way, when writing a drawing or logo as shown in FIG. 5, the image data of the drawing created in the above process is added to the layout drawing of the nameplate based on the basic data called in the process, and the used drawing number is added. The registered drawing data is called from the drawing master file B by designating with the keyboard 2, and the drawing is written in a predetermined position of the layout drawing to complete the design shown in FIG. The individual data of the completed design may be registered for each product number as described above.

The design is completed for each product number as described above,
By registering the individual data corresponding to the design, the nameplate design registration of each product number is completed. When the nameplate design registration is completed, the nameplate printing program P ₃ can be executed at any time to print an arbitrary number of nameplates of a predetermined product number. That is, when the name plate printing program P ₃ is executed, the arithmetic processing unit 3 displays a message or the like requesting the input of the product number designation to be printed on the display 1, and prompts the user to input each from the keyboard 2. When the user inputs the number of the product number, the arithmetic processing unit 3 reads the individual data of the design of the specified product number from each of the files A, B and C and displays it on the screen of the display 1. If the printed nameplate of the design of the print preview is acceptable, when the user gives an instruction of the number of prints and an instruction of print execution by the keyboard 1,
The arithmetic processing unit 3 sends the print data to the external printing device 4 and prints it on the blank nameplate material to complete a predetermined number of nameplates. The nameplate material used here is white and is commonly used for each product type and product number.

7 (a) and 7 (b) show a name plate on which the contents shown in FIGS. 3 (a) and 3 (b) are actually printed. Further, FIG. 8 is shown in FIG.
The nameplate on which the contents of is actually printed is shown. By the way, if there is an undesignated print frame in the laid out frame, a process for writing a unique character is provided in the print preview so that the print content can be designated before printing.

In this way, in this embodiment, since the designs registered as images for each product number are printed on the common blank nameplate material, only one type of nameplate material is required, and no order is made to the printing company. , You can get the necessary nameplate immediately on the spot. That is, so-called JIT printing processing can be performed.

[0020]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the process of setting the contents to be printed in a nameplate of a predetermined size projected on the screen of the display and framing and the separately created characters Creating and registering the nameplate design on the screen of the display, as it consists of the process of completing the design of the nameplate by writing the print contents using fonts and drawings and the process of registering the data of the completed design for each product number. Since it is not necessary to individually design on trace paper, it is possible to eliminate the unique technology required for nameplate creation, anyone can easily make a nameplate design and issue a nameplate, and also plate making work Since no process is required, there is an effect that immediate delivery of a new nameplate and cost of creating a new nameplate are unnecessary.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, it is possible to print a desired number of nameplates at any time, and therefore, the management work of delivery, storage, inventory, and delivery of the nameplates is unnecessary, and the inventory is unnecessary. It is said that it is possible to eliminate problems with delivery and delivery. According to the invention of claim 3, there is a step of writing a unique character in an undesignated frame in the design data in the printing process, so that the printing contents to be printed can be finally changed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a frame layout for each item of a nameplate according to the above.

FIG. 3 is a design example diagram of the above name plate.

FIG. 4 is an example diagram of a character font of the same.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a frame layout for each item of another nameplate according to the above.

FIG. 6 is a design example diagram of another name plate of the same.

FIG. 7 is a print example diagram of a nameplate according to the design of FIG. 3 above.

8 is an example of a nameplate printed according to the design of FIG. 6 above.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 display 2 keyboard 3 arithmetic processing unit 4 external printing device P ₁ nameplate design registration program P ₂ font registration program P ₃ nameplate printing program A basic master file B drawing master file C font data file

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A process of setting content to be printed on a nameplate of a predetermined size projected on the screen of a display and framing, and printing using a character font and a drawing prepared separately. A nameplate printing method comprising a process of writing contents to complete a design of a nameplate and a process of registering data of the completed design for each product number, and calling the registered design data at the time of printing a nameplate. 2. The printing process comprises a process of calling design data of a nameplate to be printed from the registration data by designating a product number, and a printing execution process of printing nameplates for a designated number of printed sheets. The method for printing a nameplate according to 1. 3. The name plate printing method according to claim 2, further comprising a step of writing a unique character in an unspecified frame in the design data called in the printing step.